961 Columbus Avenue
Manhattan · Upper West Side-Manhattan Valley, NY 10025
961 Columbus Avenue is a 14-apartment building in Upper West Side-Manhattan Valley, built in 1917, managed by Columbus Way J LLC. The City has 16 open housing-code violations on file for it, 7 of them immediately hazardous, about 1.1 per apartment, roughly three times the neighborhood norm for a building this size (HPD, as of 5 October 2026). Tenants filed 12 complaints with 311 in the past year, which the City closed in a median of 47 days (311, as of 5 October 2026). No tenant has reviewed it here yet. Everything above comes from the City's own records.
Managed by Columbus Way J LLC
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- Units
- 14
- Year built
- 1917
- Neighborhood
- Upper West Side-Manhattan Valley
- Borough
- Manhattan
This building’s record with the City
Complaints tenants filed with 311, and repairs a City inspector has asked for. Most repairs are routine maintenance. Both describe the building rather than the people in it, and often predate the current management.
12tenant complaints
Filed with 311 in the past year · 15 the year before
Typically closed in 47 days · neighborhood median is 5
16open repairs
Outstanding with HPD · about 1.1 per apartment
- Immediately hazardous
- 7
- Hazardous
- 7
- Non-hazardous
- 2
What the open repairs are about
- Pests2
- Doors, windows and locks2
- Smoke and CO alarms1
- Leaks, damp or mould1
- Heat or hot water1
- Other repairs1
Housing Court
The City took this building's owner to Housing Court 1 time since October 2023.
A case is a filing, not a finding. Cases are settled, withdrawn and dismissed, and most end without a judgment either way.
Source: NYC 311 and Housing Preservation & Development. Look this building up · updated Oct 2026
What tenants say
Nobody has written about 961 Columbus Avenue yet.
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